But the property that houses the bar has been sold and the Back Room Blues Bar will be gone after Nov. 20, owner John Yurt said.

But maybe not forever. This is not the first time the joint has had to change locations, and Yurt says he’s searching for a new home for the popular blues bar.

“Hopefully John will be able to find another place and we’ll open somewhere else,” said Anika Young, the bar manager, who said she was shocked to find out the bar would be closing.

Meanwhile, another iconic local music venue, the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, is considering reopening in 2011. Owner Russell Hibbard has previously told the Palm Beach Post that he’ll reopen if the job market can support it.

Owner John Yurt stands outside his nightclub the Back Room Blues Lounge, when it was at one of its Delray Beach locations. Palm Beach Post file photo.

The Back Room Blues Bar got its start when Yurt’s mother-in-law, who owned the Westside Liquor Store in Delray Beach, decided to open a bar next door. Yurt, who is in a band, asked to be allowed to play there.

“I worked for her, ran the club,” Yurt said. “I started booking famous blues bands coming through Florida, my heroes.”

That bar closed after a year, but Yurt opened a new one, under the same name, on East Atlantic Avenue. The bar moved a again before landing at its current location in Boca Raton. Yurt said he’d love to open up in downtown Delray Beach again, but the rent is too expensive.

Young said this Friday, Thomas Wynn and the Believers will play the venue. On Nov. 12, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, formerly the drummer for Muddy Waters, will perform. On Nov. 19, Guitar Shorty will perform, and on Nov. 20, the last night, local musician David Shelley will play.

On the Thursday before the venue closes, house band JP Soars and Yurt’s own band, Junior Drinkwater and the Westside Blues Band, will play together, she said.

“This venue is very intimate,” Young said. “When the acts take a break, you get to hang out with them.”